Munkustrap- Agree with EVERYTHING you said, except the set. I was in row P, so I got a full view of the set and I thought it was just beautiful. Such color (there's a ton of blue in it, afterall it IS the French Riviera, and the blue is so rich) such glitter and glitz. It was wonderful. I saw it last night and was just wowed by it. Not an amazing show, not a great show. But a really really REALLY good show. Easily one of the best (And some would argue THE best) musical on Broadway. IN a season of Good Vibrations, Brooklyn, and Dracula this is a breath of fresh air.
David Yazbeck's score and NOrbert Leo Butz were my two favorite things about the show. As everyone said, NOrbert's brilliant, I won't repeat them. But Yazbeck's score does something that no other score on Broadway does. He writes his music not all in one style but in many different ones. And some would complain about this but i love it because it changes with each character. It represents each character's emotions and how they are as a person. I mean think about it, how different is "Great BIg Stuff" and 'Give them What the Want"? They're different in melodies due to the difference in character. And the lyrics are just out of this world. Yazbeck has my vote for every award for Best Score, haven't seen SPAMALOT yet but i don't need to. DRS needs to win Yazbeck the Tony for which was stolen from him by Mel Brooks in THE PRODUCERS.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
